ANNOUNCEMENTS:

NOTE: A list of final exam topics will be found at this link!!!

Please turn in your third report at lecture on Tuesday May 9th in lecture or to your TA's on that day or before.

Last Discussion Meeting is week of May 3,4,and 5.

Teaching Assistants will have extended office hours week of May 7th.

2 pts were added to everyone's grade for the third exam because of concern about interpreting one of the gene technology questions

OPEN HOUSE in my lab on MONDAY from 330 - 530 (ROOM 3213). Refreshments provided. Stop by the poster session on your way up to see all of theinteresting work on campus regarding organismal biology.

Last lecture on Thursday will be a review session. Extra credit for showing up to lecture next week.

ALSO REMEMBER TO TURN IN YOUR REVIEW QUESTIONS BY WEDNESDAY NOON.

A PRACTICE FINAL TEST WILL BE POSTED ON FRIDAY.

 

Date

 

Subject


Readings

 

Discussion

January 26

Introduction to Course and Meiosis (1) ***

Chapter 4: 87-94

none

January 31

Mendel’s Principles of Heredity (2)

Chapter 2

Q*-1, HW**-1

February 2

Extension of Mendel’s Principles (3)

Chapter 3

 

February 7

Extension of Mendel’s Principles Continued

Chapter 3

Q-2, HW-2

February 9

The Chromosome Theory of Inheritance (4)

Chapter 4

 

February 14

Linkage and Recombination (5)

Chapter 5

Q-3, HW-3

 

February 16

Linkage and Recombination Continued 

Chapter 5

 

February 21

Meiosis Exercise and Review Chaps 1-5

 

Q-4, HW-4

February 23

Transmission Genetics at the Population Level (6) PopGenetics.Handout.2006.htm

Chapter 20

 

February 28

1st EXAM: Chapters 2-5 (through 2/21)

 

HW-5

March 2

Transmission Genetics at the Population Level

Chapter 20

 

March 7

Transmission Genetics at the Population Level

Chapter 20

HW-6, Report 1

March 9

Transmission Genetics at the Population Level

Chapter 20

 

March 14

DNA the Molecule of Heredity (7)

Chapter 6

Q-5 (chap. 20), HW-7

March 16

DNA the Molecule of Heredity Continued

 

 

March 28

Understanding Genes Through Mutations (8)

Chapter 7

Q-6, HW-8

March 30

Translation and Transcription (9)

Chapter 8

 

April 4

2nd EXAM: (Chapters 20 & 6, through 3/16)

 

HW-9

April 6

Translation and Transcription Continued

Chapter 8

 

April 11

Several Important Techniques (10)

Chapter 9 and

Chapter 10: 348-351

HW-10, Report 2

April 13

The Eukaryotic Chromosome (11)

Chapter 12

April 13

April 18

Chromosomal Mutations: Changes in Number and Arrangement (12)

Chapter 13

Q-7 (chaps 7-9),

HW-11

April 20

The Prokaryotic Chromosome (13)

Chapter 14

Pages:

487-493

496-507

515-518

 

April 25

Uniparental Inheritance (14)

Chapter 15

Q-8 (chaps 12-14 ), HW-12

April 27

Gene Regulation: Prokaryotes (15)

Chapter 16

 

May 2

3rd EXAM (Chapters 7, 8, 9, 12, 13)

 

HW-13

May 4

Gene Regulation: Prokaryotes continued

Chapter 16

 

May 9

Gene Regulation: Eukaryotes (16)

Chapter 17

HW-14, Report 3

May 11

Gene Regulation: Eukaryotes cont.

Chapter 17

 

May 18

FINAL EXAM 1:30-3:30 , HJ Patterson 0226

70-100 pts = Chapters 14-17; 70-100 pts = cumulative

 

 

 

*Q= Quiz. There will be 8 quizzes given throughout the semester. Quizzes will NOT be given the week of the exam or the week following the lecture exams. Quiz material will be from the previous week’s lectures and readings, unless otherwise noted.

 

**HW= Home-work assignment. 14 Home-work assignments will be given throughout the semester.